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  • Encyclopedia of Political Theory

    Edited by Mark Bevir ...
    How do we arrange our collective affairs? Why do we live together in the ways we do? How ought we to live together? All humans think about the world they live in, its history and future, and the ideals by which they want to live in relation to others. How we think today decisively influences the world of tomorrow. This encyclopedia attempts to bring greater clarity and understanding to political ... Read more

    $417.59 USD

  • Histories of Postmodernism

    Edited by Mark Bevir, Jill Hargis, Sara Rushing ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Cultural History
    Histories of Postmodernism reexamines the history of the constellation of ideas and thinkers associated with postmodernism. The increasingly dominant historical narrative depicts a relatively smooth development of ideas from Friedrich Nietzsche and Martin Heidegger, through a range of French theorists, most notably Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault, to contemporary American thinkers such as ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Key Concepts in Governance

    by Mark Bevir ...
    Series series SAGE Key Concepts series
    ′A comprehensive, multidisciplinary examination of the concepts embodied in governance and their wide-ranging applications and implications. An important read and reference for students and academics in the social sciences, particularly those engaged in public policy studies′ - Professor Carolyn J. Heinrich, University of Wisconsin-Madison′An authoritative short survey for which students and ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • Governance

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Mark Bevir ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The word 'governance' is ubiquitous. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund make loans conditional on 'good governance'. Climate change and avian flu appear as issues of 'global governance'. The European Union issues a White Paper on 'Governance'. The U.S. Forest Service calls for 'collaborative governance'. What accounts for the pervasive use of the term 'governance' and to what does ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • A History of Political Science

    by Mark Bevir ...
    Series series Elements in Historical Theory and Practice
    This Element denaturalises political science, stressing the contestability and contingency of ideas, traditions, subfields, and even the discipline itself. The history of political science is less one of scholars testing and improving theories by reference to data than of their appropriating and transforming ideas, often obscuring or obliterating former meanings, to serve new purposes in shifting ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Decentring Health and Care Networks

    Reshaping the Organization and Delivery of Healthcare

    Edited by Mark Bevir, Justin Waring ...
    Series series Organizational Behaviour in Healthcare
    Networks have become a prominent template for public service governance. Often seen as an alternative to hierarchies and contracts, networks cross institutionalized organizational or sectoral boundaries to promote collaboration and the sharing of resources when addressing complex problems. Nowhere is this more the case than in the field of health services modernization and improvement.Comprising ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Multiculturalism in Contemporary Britain

    Policy, Law and Theory

    Edited by Richard T. Ashcroft, Mark Bevir ...
    Since 1945 the United Kingdom has changed from a polity that was overwhelmingly white, ethnically British, and Christian to one constituted by creeds, cultures, and communities drawn from all over the globe. The term ‘multiculturalism’ evokes these demographic changes, the policies and laws that arose as a result, and connected public debates. Political and public support for multiculturalism has ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The SAGE Handbook of Governance

    Edited by Mark Bevir ...
    The study of governance has risen to prominence as a way of describing and explaining changes in our world. The SAGE Handbook of Governance presents an authoritative and innovative overview of this fascinating field, with particular emphasis on the significant new and emerging theoretical issues and policy innovations.The Handbook is divided into three parts. Part one explores the major theories ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Interpretive Social Science

    An Anti-Naturalist Approach

    by Mark Bevir, Jason Blakely ...
    In this book Mark Bevir and Jason Blakely set out to make the most comprehensive case yet for an 'interpretive' or hermeneutic approach to the social sciences. Interpretive approaches are a major growth area in the social sciences today. This is because they offer a full-blown alternative to the behavioralism, institutionalism, rational choice, and other quasi-scientific approaches that dominate ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Modernism and the Social Sciences

    Anglo-American Exchanges, c.1918–1980

    Edited by Mark Bevir ...
    This wide-ranging and original study reveals how prevalent modernism has become in the social sciences. With contributions from a number of leading international scholars, Modernism and the Social Sciences explores the rise and nature of modernist tropes and approaches within social sciences such as economics, econometrics, behaviourism, sociology, administrative science, linguistics, history and ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Decentring Urban Governance

    Narratives, Resistance and Contestation

    Edited by Mark Bevir, Kim McKee, Peter Matthews ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy
    Decentring Urban Governance seeks to rethink governance not as a particular state formation, but as the diverse policies emerging associated with the impact of modernist social science on policy making, considering the diverse meanings that inspire governing practices across time, space, and policy sectors in urban context.Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the book goes beyond neoliberalism, ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Interpreting Global Security

    Edited by Mark Bevir, Oliver Daddow, Ian Hall ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
    This edited collection explores the fruitfulness of applying an interpretive approach to the study of global security. The interpretive approach concentrates on unpacking the meanings and beliefs of various policy actors, and, crucially, explains those beliefs by locating them in historical traditions and as responses to dilemmas. Interpretivists thereby seek to highlight the contingency, ... Read more

    $57.99 USD